What do you mean?

Question

Is it me? am I goin mad?
Every question lately seems to result in what do you mean? or "more info needed"
What in name of the almighty is goin on here?
If people can't be bothered to ask the question properly do they really deserve an answer? I mean if someone walks up to you in the street and says "how to get in my house?" wouldn't you walk away shaking your head in disbelief?

tintoman · Answer

Clarifications

jaqui · Answer

why I started posting a link to the how to ask smart questions page: http://catb.org/~esr/faqs/smart-questions.html in answer to them.

bart777 · Answer

Do you really think it will help? :)

I do feel Tintomans pain here though. There seems to have been a rash of these lately.

But look on the bright side. At least the "How can I hack the administrator password" questions seem to have subsided a bit.

jiminpa · Answer

It is possible that they don't know enough about what they are asking to properly ask the question. Not everyone on this site has been doing IT since the mainframe days... no I never worked on mainframes :)

Point is isn't the reason why we hang out here and post to questions is to help educated our fellow IT pros, newbies and old salts alike?

tig2 · Answer

Someone on Friday had a concern that they wanted some
help with and posted. I asked the questions that I needed
answers to in order to be able to help. The person
returned with the answers to my questions and
apologized for not speaking English well.

I get the sense that may be the issue for a lot of folks.
And may be the reason that we find ourselves asking a lot
of questions in order to help.

bart777 · Answer

I agree with you and Jimmy to a point.

If it appears that the person is TRYING to get info I will also ask for clarification. BUT, take a look at today. There was a post called "IT" with a body of "Lan Administrator".

What on earth is this person wanting?

It seems that this type of item is cropping up more and more.

I DO have patience for those who don't speak english as well, or rather, don't write it as well, but they should at least TRY to ask a question. Not just write 2 or 3 words and hope that we can read minds via IP.

tig2 · Answer

I agree with you there. The poster I was thinking of had at
least tried to communicate his concern and provide
information. The "LAN Administrator" posts seem to be
more seagull than anything else.

A few of them get hijacked. Those can be fun.

tintoman · Answer

Of course.
And this is just me whinging - believe me I'm known for it, I wonder perhaps whether 11 years with my ex wife huffing and puffing and expecting me to guess what's wrong has clouded my judgement and reduced my tolerance levels (but I'm not bitter!)
It's good to have the chance to groan and be noticed
Thanks to all

jiminpa · Answer

to interpret 3 word questions than it is to try and figure out what a woman is thinking. :-O kidding sorry ladies be nice... don't tell my wife I said that ;-)

tig2 · Answer

We'll let you whinge on as much as you like. Just stay off the pity pot and people will likely join your rant! :D

jdclyde · Answer

Not being native to the language doesn't mean you can't form a sentence.

If you are asking a question, it helps if you ask the question.

Giving them a chance is fine, but most never come back anyways.

There is also an issue of some countries have more tech jobs out-sourced to them, and while I don't blame the people there for taking jobs that are available, I will do NOTHING to assist in them doing the jobs. That is just my choice.

gadgetgirl · Answer

look what your fella said!!! ^^^^^^ :D GG sorry, that was just irresistibubble... :p

jiminpa · Answer

Luckily she doesn't get on here at all. She sees me logged on to TR, rolls her eyes and walks away. At least she doesn't nag me about it. :)

gadgetgirl · Answer

GG ]:)

oh smeg · Answer

It's not even an issue of a Non English Speaking Person asking and having a poor written English it's School Kids wanting to get out of doing their Homework/Assignments. Well the majority of them at least.

Now repeat after me [b]There Coming to take me away There Coming to ........................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................[/b] ;)

Col ]:)

tintoman · Answer

Mr Smeg Thanks to all

boxfiddler · Answer

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hnzHtm1jhL4

jdclyde · Answer

You said "thinking" instead of "feeling".

You know how they go...

[b]FEELING[/b] bloated
[b]FEELING[/b] fat
[b]FEELING[/b] bitchy
[b]FEELING[/b] the milkman

[b]Thinking[/b] has NOTHING to do with it! :D

jiminpa · Answer

It's funny you should bring that up JD. The Misses and I had that exact conversation yesterday how men were thinking creatures and women are feeling creatures. Of course she "felt" that I was wrong.

jdclyde · Answer

It is the [u][b]THOUGHT[/b][/u] that counts! :p

On the other hand, sometimes it is best to let them FEEL they are right and run and hide while you can..... ;\ Otherwise later that night when YOU want to FEEL something, it might STILL be the thought that counts..... :0

tig2 · Answer

If the sentence uses the string, "feel that" you are dealing
with a thought. I can feel something, I can think that
something. I CAN'T "feel that" something.

Proper grammar. Don't leave home without it!

gadgetgirl · Answer

stop talking about us ladies as if we weren't here?! :D

jd - you'll never change, will you.....!

jimmy - feeling is an integral part of feminine logic. Guys don't feel, therefore don't understand feminine logic. They just think they do.....

:p :D

GG

dumphrey · Answer

NT

dumphrey · Answer

No point now that JD let the cat out of the bag....
Female Logic? Isn't that an oxymoron like Military Intelligence?

EDIT: Re-thought this, and I would prefer to not die. Post edited for safety.
EDIT2: JD is an evil man.

jdclyde · Answer

I figured as long as we were talking [b]LOGICALLY[/b], we would be camouflaged enough that you wouldn't even see it! :D

jdclyde · Answer

Female logic, isn't that an oxymoron? Just like Military Intelligence?

[i]I WASN'T going to make the comment because Dumphrey already had, but after he turned into a chickenshit, I had to. Just HAD to. :D

gadgetgirl · Answer

You BAD BOYS.

Right, that's it.

Dumphrey, your marital rights have been revoked, I'm emailing your SO

jd - I've arranged for your "little friend" to burst...... and the things have hidden the puncture repair kit.....

GG

]:)

dumphrey · Answer

She will be sarcastic if she finds out.... One can only take so many pats on the head.

jdclyde · Answer

http://muttonbone.com/store.html?gclid=CIS_sNy_lJICFQJEPAodVnPT-Q That is just wroooong.

gadgetgirl · Answer

the local "girly" shop to me charges ?7.99! (yes, I know - I did buy one - as a leaving present for a Welsh guy I once worked with!) :x GG

jdclyde · Answer

Walk up to a hot babe and she says "I CAN'T "feel that" something".... Then I remember Shells list and run get the required flowers/candy/ether.... ]:)

boxfiddler · Answer

it's that you men are linear in your thinking while we women are global in ours. We can get from A to Z in a blink of the eye, while you guys have to move ponderously through the alphabet from letter to letter. :D

edit because I can and I felt like it

jiminpa · Answer

Ether JD??? To start the car of course. ;-) The problem is men only have 2 feelings and the other one is hunger. :) But we could live without ya! (shameless kiss up)

dumphrey · Answer

of Scots blood in me... which means I WANT to order one, but I refuse to pay for it...

dumphrey · Answer

I think I am tired/want a soda/etc.
I feel like crying/laughing.
I sense my shoulders are tense/adrenalin just activated.

Thoughts = mental construct.
Feeling = emotional interpretation of a thought and influenced by sensations.
Sensations = the actual bio-response the body is experiencing.

At least how I have always understood it...

dr dij · Answer

is
1) they don't speak English well, as previously suggested
2) some online forums (such as a yahoo group) new people often introduce themselves.

So instead of 'Hi, all, I'm new to this forum and from xxxxitville, in the beautiful country of yyyziland and am a Lan Xministrator'

you get 'lan administrator' which not a sentence or understandable thought due to cultural and language barriers.

and some of these people may be newbies or not terribly bright if htye are asking about hacking passwords, etc.

jdclyde · Answer

It explains why women MISS so much.... :0 They get to the answer quickly, but have no idea how they got there! :p :D :x :^0

jdclyde · Answer

"Excuse me Miss, does this smell like ether?" :0

dr dij · Answer

If my wife claims I hurt her FEELINGS then when I reach over and she bats my hand, I tell her she hurt FEELYS :)

boxfiddler · Answer

is that line would work on some of the idiots - both male and female - out there! ;)

jiminpa · Answer

You don't mind if I use that sometime do you? Actually I think someone used that on me once... I'll never go camping with him again.

boxfiddler · Answer

particularly why you guys are so FOS. Being linear and all you can't put B and M together very well and so the sh*t collects due to the inablility to produce a proper BM. :D

tintoman · Answer

to all those people have asked a question on TR today, clearly none of you have received an answer due to the fact that all the TR members have been spending all their time with my little thread....sooo sorry
And I (and Smeg too) thought I was going mad....it's not me at all it's you lot!!!

cg it · Answer

putting emphasis on the TR Garden Club and Cooking Club.

The heck with trying to provide suggestions to resolve a problem, when almost all the questions asked are the same problem worded differently...

Besides, they usually don't give out thumbs....

dumphrey · Answer

It seems you have several already....

oh smeg · Answer

Well since you asked haw many do you want? Yep I can add as many as you like and keep adding them for you Col

dumphrey · Answer

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jdclyde · Answer

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Message was edited by: Beth Blakely

jdclyde · Answer

Man to woman: What is the difference between camping and anal sex? woman to man: I don't know. Man to woman: want to go camping? ]:)

jdclyde · Answer

Sure you don't mean women got their [b]BS[/b] together? :0 [i]or is that pms? :p

jdclyde · Answer

doesn't mean your not paranoid....

dumphrey · Answer

when you say "This smells like 12 day old, moldy, rotten, a55. Smell it." A man will: Smell it right away, no hesitation. A woman will: If your lucky, just refuse.

jdclyde · Answer

I love it when someone said "This tastes like sh1t!". My first question is always "where do you get your frame of reference from to KNOW what sh1t tastes like?" :0

dumphrey · Answer

is that we all have to eat sh!t at sometime or other. Some people find they enjoy it, usually with grape jelly... I can't stand grape jelly.

dumphrey · Answer

ROFL ROFL!!!! How many times did you c and p for Beth to step in?

jdclyde · Answer

It was ONLY about four screens long! :0 :_| :p :D

oh smeg · Answer

List this week? :D :^0 :D :^0 Col

steffi28 · Answer

Just made me laugh so hard! I sang this on the kareoke on our honeymoon, hubby shamed me into it, I only done it so he would be all romantic and sing something to me hee hee, put it this way everybody there was laughing at me!

oh smeg · Answer

Have you fixed that Computer yet? :0 If you haven't get back to work and stop wasting time. ?:| OH BTW you have to work at growing from Juvenile Delinquent to Soccer Hooligan. :p Col ]:)

steffi28 · Answer

I already was a football hooligan?? Nope not fixed it yet sent you an email still the same email address right?

oh smeg · Answer

Easy answer JD I have to eat the wifes cooking. :D She's only managed to cremate 5 Frying Pans this week but it's still early. :0 Col

cg it · Answer

oh I love the swag..... don't get me wrong... The coffee mug gets used everyday... But I think that I've reached my limit of reading drivel questions ..... Thanks for the thumbs though....ROFL...

oh smeg · Answer

If you need to ask any questions just ask. I'm here some of the time at least and I'll get back to you within 12 hours. ;) Col

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